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Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/70042 Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being Theron, Linda u11191989@tuks.co.za Vollebregt, Gwyneth Nydia UCTD Drought resilience Adolescent resilience Climate resilience Coping strategies Youth perspectives Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-11 Education theses SDG-13 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018. The purpose of this study is to explore the intrapersonal and interpersonal health- and wellbeing- enabling resources that adolescents regard as important to both their health and wellbeing when faced with adversity, specifically in the context of drought. Limited information is presently available about what enables resilience amongst adolescents when faced with the challenges of drought. Resilience is a process that, with the occurrence of risk, draws on interpersonal and intrapersonal enabling resources to facilitate/sustain positive adaption. To fulfil this purpose, I conducted a qualitative study. The reason for this was to gain a deeper understanding of resilience to drought, through the experiences of the adolescents living in Leandra, Mpumalanga, South Africa. My study of limited scope was part of a larger study entitled: Patterns of resilience among young people in a community affected by drought: Historical and contextual perspectives. Forty-three participants were recruited to the greater study by purposive sampling. I focused on adolescent participants (n = 25, including boys and girls). The data generation was through visual arts-based methods of body mapping and “sandtray” activity. Data analysis was done using inductive content analysis following the steps of thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke (2006). Two themes emerged. The first focused on intrapersonal resources: a resilience-supporting way of life, adopting a non-drought focus and managing drought-related challenges, and valuing peer and community relationships. The second theme focused on interpersonal resources: supportive parenting, spiritual support and the community managing drought related challenges. An educational psychologist is able to draw on the emerged intrapersonal and interpersonal resources found in my study to tentatively create context-specific insights, in order to understand and promote resilience in adolescents experiencing adversity, specifically drought. es2026 Educational Psychology MEd Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-13: Climate action 2019-06-02T11:39:54Z 2019-06-02T11:39:54Z 2019/04/16 2018 Dissertation Vollebregt, GN 2018, Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70042> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70042 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Drought resilience Adolescent resilience Climate resilience Coping strategies Youth perspectives Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-11 Education theses SDG-13 Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being |
| title | Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being |
| title_full | Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being |
| title_fullStr | Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being |
| title_short | Resilience to drought : adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well- being |
| title_sort | resilience to drought adolescents perspectives on what enables health and well being |
| topic | UCTD Drought resilience Adolescent resilience Climate resilience Coping strategies Youth perspectives Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-11 Education theses SDG-13 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70042 |